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1第28天阅读专练用时:45分钟天气:第28天阅读专练________年________月________日星期________AAbout15yearsago,ItaughtAProblemfromHell,abookongenocides(大屠杀),toagroupof18­and19­year­oldsinamid­westuniversityintheUS.InmyclasstherewasayoungmanwhohadspenthisboyhoodinBosniaasNATObombedhishometown.Myotherstudents,amazedbyhisconnectiontothegenocideinthetextbook,askedhimwhatitwasliketogrowupinawar­zone.“Aprettynormalchildhoodasyouhadhere,”hesaid.“Weplayedcardsinsidealot,andwhentherewasnobombingwekickedaballinthestreet.”Inthepastfewyears,theworldhasseenarapidincreaseinrefugees(难民),withthenumberhitting60million.VietThanhNguyen'sstorycollectionTheRefugeesremindsusthatliteratureisnewsthatstaysnews.SetintheVietnamesecommunitiesinCaliforniaaswellasinVietnam,thestoriesdonotaimtosurpriseuswithnewtwistsorshockuswithwonderfuldetails,aswarandrefugeestoriescouldeasilychoosetodo.Rather,liketheyoungmanfromBosnia,Nguyen'scharacterstellthesestoriesbecausetheyaretheonlyonesknowntothem.Includedinthecollectionaretwoofthemosttouchingpieces,bothaboutsiblings(兄弟或姐妹)separatedbygeographyandhistory.In“Black­EyedWomen”,thenarrator(讲述人),ayoungVietnamesewoman,isvisitedbytheghostofherelderbrother,whodiedyoungontheboatwhenthefamilytookflightfromthewar.Thetaleofloveandloss,violenceandviolation,maynotbeunfamiliartothereader,butthedeterminationofthebrother'sghost(hehastakendecadestoswimacrossthePacifictoreachAmerica)andthesister'sabandoningherselftoahalfdeathmakethestorylasting.Asanecho,theclosingstory,“Fatherland”,exploresamorecomplexsituationbetweentwosiblings.Thenarrator,ayoungVietnamesewoman,meetsherhalf­sister,visitingfromtheUSforthefirsttime.Addingtothetensionisthefactthatherfatherhasnamedthenarratorandhersiblingsafterhisfirstsetofchildren.Twosisters,oneAmericanandoneVietnamese,yetnamedthesamebythefather—itmaysoundstrange,butisn'titthefatemanyrefugeeshavetoface:alifeleftbehind,thatcouldhavebeentheirs;andalifeinanadoptedcountry.Thethemeofdoubleness—choiceandinevitability(不可避免性),homeandhomelessness,startingafreshandb